Old Master Paintings
Our auctions of Old Master Paintings are held twice annually, in March and September. Attended by an international audience of collectors and dealers, they are among the most important and successful auctions of their kind in Europe. The curated selection features paintings from the late Middle Ages to circa 1800.
Extraordinary hammer prices regularly make international headlines: Ambrosius Bosschaert for CHF 5.77 million, Gerrit Dou for CHF 1 million, Anthony van Dyck for CHF 2.44 million, Jan Gossaert called Mabuse for CHF 2.38 million, Lucas Cranach the Elder for CHF 1.18 million, Pieter Brueghel the Younger for CHF 1.6 million, Pieter Claesz for CHF 980,000, Bartholomaeus Spranger for CHF 1 million, and many more.
Our catalogue descriptions are based on the latest research and art-historically accurate, and to this end we are in close contact with the world’s leading experts in the field. Every painting is thoroughly examined to determine its age, condition and authorship. This exhaustive research has allowed us time and again to make important new discoveries and to attribute works to important artists. For example, we identified an unsigned ‘Assumption of Mary’ as a work by Guido Reni, which went on to realise 1.2 million Swiss francs in our auction. Working with the curators of the Prado Museum, we also determined that a depiction of ‘Lot and his Daughters’ was an autograph work by Francesco de Goya. It subsequently sold in our auction for 2.6 million francs.
Our Old Master auctions benefit from intensive marketing campaigns aimed at a worldwide audience of collectors. Our Old Master specialist, Karoline Weser, is available to appraise and value paintings in view of a possible auction consignment. We accept consignments until mid-January for the March auction and untilmid-July for the September auction.
UPCOMING AUCTIONS
18 September 2026. Are you looking to sell works by Old Masters at our upcoming auction? Contact us for a free, non-binding appraisal.

If you wish to consign to one of our auctions, we will value your artworks free of charge. Please send us photos if possible, or call us. We will arrange an appointment to view your property at your home or in one of our offices in Zurich, Geneva, Florence, Munich or Düsseldorf. You will then receive our auction estimates so that you can make your decision.
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Valuation events
Munich
7 and 8 May
Düsseldorf / Frankfurt
28 and 29 May / 5 and 6 November
Hamburg
23 November
Stuttgart
20 April
Belgium / Netherlands
11 and 12 June / 12 and 13 November
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PIETER BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER
A glimpse of everyday life – 400 years ago
Discover Pieter Brueghel the Younger's unique ability to plunge the viewer in a scene, not of a historical or mythological moment, but of the daily life of everyday people.
Photo credit: Anthony van Dyck, Portrait of Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Etching, 242 × 155 mm. Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston.
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Artist index Old Master Paintings
SELECTED RESULTS Old Master Paintings
MASTER OF 1493
CHF 187 500
PIETER BRUEGHEL the Younger
CHF 1.81 Mio.
JAN VAN GOYEN
CHF 375 000
SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL
CHF 500 000
FRANÇOIS BOUCHER
CHF 275 000
TUSCAN MASTER FROM THE CIRCLE OF BARNABA AGOCCHIARI, called BARNABA DA MODENA
CHF 162 500
ANTOINE DE LONHY
CHF 212 500
DENIJS VAN ALSLOOT
CHF 387 500
JAN LIEVENS
CHF 325 000
ADRIAEN COORTE
CHF 225 000